Singer-Songwriter and Guitarist Gordon Lightfoot Quotes

'If You Could Read My Mind' is a different experience every time I sing it. It's just that kind of song.

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I know that we are being unnecessarily occupied by the Americans. without a doubt. I don't mean invasion or anything like that, just taken. by degrees.

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I never believed - or knew for sure - that I would be able to make a professional living in music. But it turned out like this.

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I was the drummer in the bugle band of the cadets. I marched It's probably pretty funny to look back on it.

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I'm not really a bird person or Audubon guy who studies them, but as I was around them they interested me.

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I don't think they should regulate the music sector. I don't see how they can regulate the arts.

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I try to keep it light and positive most of the time, whereas in the past I didn't always do that.

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I have to do everything perfectly. I can't take myself any less. I am strong. I'm ready.

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I was happy living in England because my mother always loved the royal family and so did I.

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